Queue-jumping? Global vaccine shortage imperils Glasgow climate talks
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Poorer nations struggling to access COVID-19 vaccines may make the “moral” choice not to send delegates to November’s UN climate summit in Scotland if others more in need of the doses remain at risk, climate and health experts warned on Wednesday. Giving climate-talks delegates priority in vaccine-short countries would go against […]
In the US, Franklin Graham urges evangelicals to get vaccinated before it’s “too late”
RNS Franklin Graham pleaded with evangelical Christians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in an interview with Axios that appeared over the weekend on HBO, saying, “I want people to know that COVID-19 can kill you.” “But we have a vaccine out there that could possibly save your life. And if you wait, it could be too late,” […]
Updated: Australia urges EU to send one million COVID-19 vaccines for PNG amid fresh outbreak
Updated: 5:30pm (AEDT)Canberra, AustraliaReuters Australia said on Wednesday it will ask the European Union to release one million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to help Papua New Guinea battle a dangerous outbreak that authorities fear could spread to other parts of the region. The request could inflame existing tensions between Canberra and Brussels amid claims […]
Inoculation challenges: Fear, mistrust fuel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among UK ethnic minorities
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on why ethnic minorities are under-represented among those being vaccinated against COVID-19 in the UK…